I don't think she cried because of the crowd. She felt relived and happy that she finally won a hard fought dramatic Slam.

As some Vika's fans said earlier in this board, Vika feed off the negative pressure against her. It gives her extra motivation to do better. Both players were so nervous in this match that you can tell. Having a supporting crowd doesn't equal to having an advantage for a nervous Li. Sammy also know this well.

I don't think she cried because of the crowd. She felt relived and happy that she finally won a hard fought dramatic Slam.

As some Vika's fans said earlier in this board, Vika feed off the negative pressure against her. It gives her extra motivation to do better. Both players were so nervous in this match that you can tell. Having a supporting crowd doesn't equal to having an advantage for a nervous Li. Sammy also know this well.

You just don't expect it from the Aussie crowd, normally pretty reasonable (albeit they've never shown great love for the Eastern European females, Serbs aside).

Nobody is saying the Aussie crowd is the first to do this. But cheering double faults and errors from a player is horrible. And saying 'X did it before I did it' is one of the most immature justifications imaginable.

You just don't expect it from the Aussie crowd, normally pretty reasonable (albeit they've never shown great love for the Eastern European females, Serbs aside).

Nobody is saying the Aussie crowd is the first to do this. But cheering double faults and errors from a player is horrible. And saying 'X did it before I did it' is one of the most immature justifications imaginable.

They weren't that bad.
I have seen way more disrespectful crowds. As good as every crowd cheers on errors and DF some time in the game.

I'd say Azza was more bullied by Matt Cronin & co, than by the Aussie Open crowd.

I could talk about how tennis journalists are part of the problem when speaking about the decline of objectivity in journalism for days but I won't. You don't have to like the people you're dealing with, but it's supposed to be your responsibility to inform the public of the facts, not your opinions masquerading as fact.

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